Thursday, April 7, 2011

A way to the top of Google?

The other day I was talking with an old friend of mine who has a business selling health products through her website. She's spent a lot of money developing her website and her product is one of the best out there, but she just wasn't getting enough visitors to her site to make it all worthwhile. She told me that a couple of months ago when she searched for her site on Google it was on page six. Page six! Who ever looks on page six?! The amazing thing is that now she's on page #1 for her region and things are finally picking up.

It sounded to me like she'd employed some smart alec search engine optimization company to fix up her website, but she said no -- she did it all herself! I was astonished to say the least. Let me say this lady is NOT a webmaster extraordinaire or a marketing guru. She's just a single mom making products on her kitchen table. How did she get so good at search engine optimization?

She told me that someone had put her onto a free program called Traffic Travis. "It's harder to explain than it is to use!" she joked. Basically it's a piece of software with all the tools used by these professional search engine optimization companies. It helps you find the right search terms to focus on, then it analyzes your site, analyzes your competitors' sites, shows you your linking relationships and pulls all the information you need into one screen.

You have to remember, though, that this lady is just a stay-at-home mom who didn't know her Google PR from her elbow. Fortunately the software came with tutorials that explained important concepts as well as how to use the software, AND some really comprehensive bonus material which revealed all the tricks and theory behind the search engines. "Once you start to read about it you just want to learn more. And then once you've learned more, you want to analyze your site down to its bones. And then you want to analyze everyone else. It's totally addictive! I never knew that stuff was there!"

Armed with this knowledge she was able to tweak her site and within a couple of weeks she was seeing a real increase in traffic. "The site is finally starting to pay for itself! It's my baby, it's so nice to see it growing!"

If you've got an online business struggling because you're simply not getting enough visitors, then I encourage you to take my friend's lead.

When you consider how much you'll learn and how much extra business you could earn, and the fact that the software is FREE... I think it's at least worth taking a look, don't you?

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Monday, December 13, 2010

Are You Aware Of The Importance Of Calling MLM Leads

By John Womack


Those who underestimate the importance of calling MLM leads, will not be successful. It is necessary to grow one's MLM business. To do this, one has to recruit others. Recruiting is a form of sales. The associate who views the recruiting process as a sales call will be more successful. This is why it is important to use sales techniques on the call. Overcoming objections is part of the sales process.

Most people who are interested in an MLM business will have many questions. No one wants to jump into a business without first being reassured that the opportunity is legitimate. Questions potential associates have can also be called objections.

In any sales situation, objections must be overcome, before the customer buys. In this case, a potential associate will have objections which must be answered, or overcome. Therefore, when calling a potential MLM associate be ready to overcome objections.

For instance, some people will ask right away how much money it will cost them to become an associate. It is best not simply answer the question. The best response is to say that the opportunity is about making money and not about spending money; once all the benefits of the business are discussed, then it is appropriate to talk about initial costs. If someone insists on hearing about the price without hearing about the business opportunity, then it is best to let that lead go. This person will not be a good associate.

Some ask how much time it will take to become successful. A person is really objecting to the amount of time he will have to devote. He might be pressed for time already and cannot see himself trying to take on another task. If this is true, then perhaps the opportunity is not for him. But it is good to remind him that everyone has the same amount of time in a day. It is the successful person who uses time to his or her advantage.

Another common objection people use comes from a third party. His friend said that these opportunities do not work. A good response is to ask how much his friend makes a year. In most cases the friend is hardly a millionaire. Then ask him why he is taking advice from someone who is almost broke.

These are only some of the many objections that potential associates will have. This is why it is important to anticipate the objections and have the answers ready. Some people do not like handling objections, but it is part of any sales process. And recruiting new associates is a sales job.

There are those ho do not want to talk to leads, however. For those people, there are companies who will call leads. They charge by the hour. Some would never think of hiring someone else to make their calls. But some either do not have the time or the desire to speak to people about joining their company.

The network marketing business is a numbers game. The more calls that are made, the more leads that are contacted, the more the business will grow. Some feel uneasy at first contacting their leads. But after awhile it becomes easier. Some people even have fun doing it.




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Take A Company Public - S1 Attorneys - PCAOB Audits - Good Luck, You're Going To Need it

By James Scott


The undertaking of a public offering on the OTCBB, just as with the NYSE and NASDAQ can be tedious, strenuous, exhausting and an ongoing perpetuation of one failure after another until you just throw in the towel and call it quits; but it doesn't have to be that way.

Going public can be rewarding, prosperous, empowering and the beginning of massive capitalization and international expansion. There are two things to remember when putting your 'going public' plans together. First: don't be nave by thinking that you can do it yourself, you'll certainly fail as this process has too many components and is infested with sewer rats that will climb on your back for a free ride just in case you make it. Second: be smart and hire an IPO Strategies Consultant. This type of business consultant is rare and difficult to find as they are in demand globally because of the streamlined manner in which they are able to take a company public.

Strategies consultants that specialize in pre public corporate strategies and structuring, IPO facilitation and post public investor relations planning and mergers and acquisitions. They'll expedite the public offering while giving your company a powerful foundation conducive to hardcore domestic and global expansion.

The road to becoming a publicly traded company is littered with the carcasses of companies that either tried to complete the process on their own or corporation with the foresight to hire a consultant but battled the consultant on each portion of the process and added so much stress to the deal that the consultant threw in the towel and moved onto the next project.

Word to the wise, this is one industry that you, the inquisitive self taught or over educated doesn't stand a chance. The intricacies of this industry are of such proportions that unless you are completely submerged in this business for years with 80 hour work weeks you won't even crack the surface of what it takes to go public and stay public and grow through expansion with a solid trading volume to monetize your company's securities to create expansion capital.

Find a consultant, step back, keep your cell phone hand and leave this to the professionals while you reap the rewards. You've earned it! Through your blood, sweat and tears you've built your company. You've created jobs, contributed to the economy, paid Uncle Sam his pound of flesh, you deserve to succeed. Use the process of going public to create wealth for your family, long term job stability for loyal and hard working employees and a product or service distribution that spans the globe.




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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Take Your Company Public - S1 Lawyers - You're A Yummy Treat For Wolves

By James Scott


So many companies make gargantuan mistakes that are irreversible when it comes to fund-raising. Whether you're taking a company public, finding an attorney to file your S1 or using a consultant to write a Private Placement Memorandum to raise capital; you need to know that you are a tantalizing snack for industry wolves. Companies seeking the above services with ill-informed executive decision makers often fall prey to predatory consultants who have no intention and couldn't fulfill the services they are being hired for even if they wanted to. Upstarts and fast talkers who call themselves 'business consultants' are usually nothing more than resellers of a service who is a boilerplate, template driven organization without the contacts or know-how to facilitate an IPO, S1 or PPM.

You'll be pulled in by their promise of delivery and via technical jargon they'll impress you with their grasp of the technical intricacies and use of terminology that seems so polished and refined but buyer beware; 9 out of every 10 consultants that I've come across don't know the difference between a reverse merger and a direct filing or regulation d rule 504 and regulation d rule 506 and even worse new or wannabe s1 facilitators will often confuse a DPO and an IPO and in the end the client, who doesn't know what questions to ask, is left with a structure they can't capitalize.

The later is true! A few months back my schedule was completely booked and there was an organization that needed to go public. They were within a 3 mile radius of a lawyer that had been calling me for months to get project referrals so I referred this IPO transaction to her in hopes that she would take care of the client, next thing I know she has the client convinced that a DPO is the best route and authored the PPM accordingly.

It's absolutely ridiculous. If you're looking for a real consultant who can actually come through with the above solutions or expansion strategies stay away from the pushy 'sales' oriented organization. You almost want a consultant that you have to call 3 times to get on the phone and then have them talk you out of moving forward. They are testing you and your dedication to your company and project.

Stay away from 'broker' types who 'love' your business and don't or can't poke holes in your corporate structure, expansion strategy, board of directors or other elements to your business. On another note, walk away from those who try to disguise their true lack of comprehension with technical talk.

They are just trying to distract you from the fact that they don't have a clue as to what they are doing. There are so many distraction techniques.

The best consultants start out with, "OK, tell me about your business and what are you trying to accomplish"? They'll ask about your 'C' level executives, product and service intricacies, marketing plan, three year projections, strategic alliances in place, board of directors and more. Your response to these questions will help the strategist formulate a plan to set up a structure that works.




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Friday, December 10, 2010

Finance Dual Listing - Dual Listing Dictionary - Secondary Listing Definition

By James Scott


As part of our expansion we are going to be offering our client base and future clients a dual listing on the OTCBB in the United States and the dominant European exchange, Frankfurt Exchange in Germany.

We have been fielding inquires from clients with one common question, "What is the advantage of two listings?" here is the response from one of our European partners: If the stock price is $1 on the otcbb it is a similar price on the FSE in . The IR campaign would be reflected in that way if you have strong buying in the US and Canada, the European market maker has also to fill the bid. Which means that the stock price will also go up on the FSE. You can attract much more investors and build a bigger shareholder base with the right IR program if you are dual listed. Which means you can attract a much bigger market with the stock. The most common reason for companies to opt for this is the need to list in two different countries. This may happen because of:

A merger of companies listed in different countries or,

A new listing to gain access to capital from a larger market

The second is, typically companies that are already listed in their home country which, as they get bigger, find it useful to have access to the larger amounts of money they can raise in larger markets. In the interests of their existing (home country) shareholders they need to retain their original listing.

Advantages to Investors / Shareholders

As mentioned earlier, the major advantage is that the shareholders can buy and sell shares of both the companies on bourses in the two countries. That means, when a company's securities are listed on more than one exchange for the purpose of adding liquidity to the shares and allowing investors greater choice in where they can trade their shares. It contributes to the liquidity of the shares listed. This enables investors to have a greater choice as to where and when they can trade their shares. A significant apparent advantage of a dual-listed structure for companies is the benefit of scale and access to foreign capital.

It is not a widely used technique, although it is thought to improve the spread between the 'bid and ask' price which helps investors obtain a better price for their securities.

From the shareholders' perspective they can buy and sell shares of both the companies on the stock exchanges in the two countries.

A structure would also remove the time-consuming requirement for the companies to take regulatory approvals from the various countries in which they operate should they go in for a conventional merger.




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How To Make Money Right Now With Articles

By Saleem Rana


If you want to learn how to make money right now, write articles about the niche you want to promote.

Thousands or millions of search engine pages are devoted to certain keywords or keyword phrases. When you type in a keyword into the search box in your browser window, it will pull up websites that have those keywords embedded in them. These websites receive lots of daily traffic because of those keywords.

Content is king on the Internet and one of the best ways to create content is to write articles. These articles can be placed on your website and they can be contributed to article directories. Both tactics give search engines enough incentive to index your website based on your keywords. Once you do, people will come to your website through search engine referrals.

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Here are 4 good reasons you should try writing articles regularly to build an income working from home:

1. Writing articles is absolutely free.

Does it get any better than this? Simply by focusing your time and attention on writing articles, you can drive hordes of traffic to your website. The reason people come to your website is because your article has intrigued them. They visit your website because they want to know more about you and more about what you have to offer them to improve their lives. You got the ball rolling by writing an article about your favorite topic.

2. It will only be a short time before your website gets the attention it deserves.

Writing articles is far easier than doing Google Pay Per Click. What's more, you won't have to keep paying to keep the traffic going. A single article will last on the Internet forever. You can't say that about an ad. An ad will disappear as soon as you stop paying for it. Think of the worst case scenario in both cases. If you write an article that does not get a single click, you will only have wasted an hour, but if you have an ad that does not get a single click, you will have wasted hundreds of dollars.

3. Obtain backlinks automatically.

There are a number of ways you will get backlinks to your website after you publish your article in an article directory. First, of course, you will get a high PR backlink from the article directory. Then when people republish your article on their websites, you will get more backlinks to your website.

4. Article writing will boost your reputation.

Writing an article is one of the best ways of converting visitors to buyers. Visitors who simply arrive on your website may or may not respond to your sales letter or review your product catalog. However, visitors who arrive on your website after reading one of your articles will be predisposed to trust and invest in you.

Writing articles is how to make money right now. Writing articles can give new life to your Internet marketing or affiliate business.




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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Adsense Conversion - It's All In The Keywords

By Phil Guye


Many internet marketers are familiar with Google adsense that is a Pay-Per Click (Ppc) service. Each time someone clicks on an Google adsense ad on your blog or website, you're given a portion of the income which Google gathers from the advertiser. But do you know how it all works and how you can create more money from it? How's your Adsense conversion process?

How you do with Google adsense all depends on how properly you're using your keywords. All you need to do is choose the keywords that pull in much more income per click. May seem obvious but you have to do a little shopping around to get these keywords.

While getting a lot of traffic will give you more impressions of your Adsense advertisements, you should also have more clicks. There are lots of stuff that you can try to increase clicks. To start with, be certain that your ads are put in a leading area where visitors will see them. Next, be sure you don't have so many other links on your pages that site visitors may be lured to click rather than hitting the Adsense ad. You may as well change the graphics/style of your Google adsense ads to make them more appealing towards the eye and/or to fit better together with your blog or website theme.

Although the true determiners of your respective Adsense conversion are the keywords that you employ. One reason why Google adsense is so preferred is that you simply are not just randomly shooting your advertisements to millions that do not care at all what you're advertising. When you are able to customize an ad for the target audience depending on where they discover the ad and what they're interested in, your conversion rates raises.

Google can assess what your site customer will be enthusiastic about in line with the content/keywords that your website/blog contains. When utilized in the appropriate way, this can be more efficient and effective compared to greatest, loudest, most popular commercials on television.

It's important to keep in mind that the costliest clicks are not necessarily the best ones in terms of conversion process. Although you can find some keywords that pay $40 to $50 per click, you really won't earn very much if no one is clicking on them anyway. So, it's preferable to look for the keywords and keyword phrases that people are often clicking on. There are many free tools that you can use to find these words. Google Trends or the Google adwords Keyword Tool are just a couple.

Just as important is finding the highest converting keywords. Your goal is to find the keywords that effectively balance the quality of the keyword (in terms of offering a decent payout per click) and a high possibility that people will click on it. When you strike that right optimized equilibrium, your Google adsense conversion process rates will certainly raise greatly.




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